Name me heavyweights who dominated their era the same as/more than Lennox Lewis.

[bklynboy]

Thats what separates Lewis from all the other Heavyweight champions. He defeated everyone he ever faced, including the dominant guy of the next era. You cant get much better than that.

So did Johnson, Louis and Ali (until they were past prime)

Give Lewis his due. He knew when to quit and to stay gone unlike many others.

[minasyan]

The hardest thing to do in Boxing is to face the guy who defeated you!
Foreman never rematched Ali

Wlad never rematched Ross Puritty

Vitali never rematched Chris Byrd

And Tyson never rematched Buster Douglas!

Lennox is above all of the previous names mentioned because he was not afraid to get in the ring with the man who dethroned him. That takes a lot of guts. Guts Tyson doesnt have.

Lennox should have given Vitali a rematch

[Kobe B Bryant]

Is there anyone?

as good as lennox lewis?

jess willard
james j. corbett
john l. sullivan
wladimir klitschko
vitali klitschko
ingemar johanssen
jimmy ellis
max schmeling
max baer
jack sharkey
primo carnera
ezzard charles
jersey joe walcott
shannon briggs
ernie terrell
greg page
michael moorer
tony tubbs
bonecrusher smith
bruce seldon
ruslan chagaev
nikolay valuev
tony tucker
michael spinks
john ruiz
hasim rahman
chris byrd
roy jones jr.
mike tyson
frank bruno
bruce seldon
tim witherspoon
leon spinks
ken norton
pinklon thomas
trevor berbick
evander holyfield
rid**** bowe
larry holmes
muhammad ali
george foreman
joe frazier
sonny liston
floyd patterson
rocky marciano
joe louis
james braddock
jim jeffries
jack dempsey
jack johnson
bob fitszimmons

that's just off the top of my head.

i'm sure there's a lot more.

[bklynboy]

as good as lennox lewis?

jess willard
james j. corbett
john l. sullivan
wladimir klitschko
vitali klitschko
ingemar johanssen
jimmy ellis
max schmeling
max baer
jack sharkey
primo carnera
ezzard charles
jersey joe walcott
shannon briggs
ernie terrell
greg page
michael moorer
tony tubbs
bonecrusher smith
bruce seldon
ruslan chagaev
nikolay valuev
tony tucker
michael spinks
john ruiz
hasim rahman
chris byrd
roy jones jr.
mike tyson
frank bruno
bruce seldon
tim witherspoon
leon spinks
ken norton
pinklon thomas
trevor berbick
evander holyfield
rid**** bowe
larry holmes
muhammad ali
george foreman
joe frazier
sonny liston
floyd patterson
rocky marciano
joe louis
james braddock
jim jeffries
jack dempsey
jack johnson
bob fitszimmons

that's just off the top of my head.

i'm sure there's a lot more.

wow, and I thought I was tough on Lewis

Frank Bruno,
Tony Tucker,
Shannon Briggs
Michael Grant,
David Tua,
Hasim Rahman

were quality wins

Evander Holyfield was an excellent win

Klitschko was also a very good win but the cut and no rematch mars that win.

Lewis probably makes it into the TOP 10 -- which, for all of you who think I putting him down, is pretty f**king good.

[-Lowkey-]

That was Tyson past his prime, mental prime that is. By the Frank Bruno fight Tyson had abandoned his jab; his bob and weave was gone. By this point he believed the hype and was a shadow of what he had been.

At this point, when he was no longer a "boxer" but a brawler he would have been beaten by ALL top quality heavyweights from any era.

he was in his physical prime vs buster douglas that’s a fact don’t come with the mental prime crap a world class boxer should put his life outside the ring behind him as soon as that bell rings

The fact is the first motivated guy Tyson fought who wasn’t scared of him beat his ass

[sonnyboyx2]

Is there anyone?

No there is no other fighter in history only Lennox Lewis who was stripped of every version of his undisputed title for refusing to fight the No1 contenders.. its a terrible black mark against Lewis but he obviously knew he could not beat those guys.

[vincent m]

YOUR FORgETTING..

The rematch king Evander Holyfield..who when past his best drew with Lennox Lewis and controversially lost the rematch on points..i watched that fight and thought Evander deserve it...
Lennox lost to Rachman and apart from him fought a load of bums...a washed up Tyson,Garry Mason,..why didnt Lennox ever fight Rid**** Bowe?

Out of Lennoxs 38 wins,the first 14 fighters he beat my mum could have beat!

The next 24...most recent first...had 4 or 5 decent fighters in there,ONE very good fighter..Holyfield..who beat him..

Win 41–2–1 Ukraine Vitali Klitschko TKO 6 (12), 3:00 21 June 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Retained WBC/IBO Heavyweight titles.
The fight was stopped after the 6th round, on the advice of the ringside doctor, due to a large cut over Klitschko's left eye.
Win 40–2–1 United States Mike Tyson KO 8 (12), 2:25 8 June 2002 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Retained IBF/IBO/WBC Heavyweight
titles.
Win 39–2–1 United States Hasim Rahman KO 4 (12), 1:29 17 November 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Won IBF/IBO/WBC Heavyweight titles.
Loss 38–2–1 United States Hasim Rahman KO 5(12) 22 April 2001 Brakpan, South Africa Lost IBF/IBO/WBC Heavyweight titles.
Win 38–1–1 New Zealand David Tua Unan. decision 12 11 November 2000 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Retained IBF/IBO/WBC Heavyweight
titles.
Win 37–1–1 South Africa Francois Botha TKO 2 (12), 2:39 15 July 2000 London, England Retained IBF/IBO/WBC Heavyweight
titles.
Win 36–1–1 United States Michael Grant KO 2 (12), 2:53 29 April 2000 New York City, New York, U.S. Retained IBF/IBO/WBC Heavyweight
titles.
Win 35–1–1 United States Evander Holyfield Unan. decision 12 13 November 1999 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBC, and won IBF, WBA,
and vacant IBO Heavyweight titles.
The WBA title was later stripped due
to refusal to fight John Ruiz.
Draw 34–1–1 United States Evander Holyfield Decision 12 13 March 1999 New York City, New York, U.S. Lewis' WBC and Holyfield's IBF and
WBA Heavyweight titles were at stake.
Win 34–1 Croatia Željko Mavrović Unan. decision 12 26 September 1998 Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S. Retained WBC Heavyweight title.
Win 33–1 United States Shannon Briggs TKO 5 (12), 1:45 28 March 1998 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Retained WBC Heavyweight title.
Win 32–1 Poland Andrew Golota TKO 1 (12), 1:35 4 October 1997 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Retained WBC Heavyweight title.
Win 31–1 United Kingdom Henry Akinwande Disqualification 5 (12), 2:34 12 July 1997 Stateline, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBC Heavyweight title.
Akinwande was disqualified for
repeated holding.
Win 30–1 United States Oliver McCall TKO 5 (12), 0:55 7 February 1997 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Won vacant WBC Heavyweight title.
Win 29–1 United States Ray Mercer Maj. decision 10 10 May 1996 New York City, New York, U.S.
Win 28–1 United States Tommy Morrison TKO 6 (12), 1:22 7 October 1995 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Won IBC Heavyweight title.
Win 27–1 Australia Justin Fortune TKO 4 (10) 2 July 1995 Dublin, Ireland
Win 26–1 United States Lionel Butler TKO 5 (12), 2:55 13 May 1995 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Loss 25–1 United States Oliver McCall TKO 2 (12), 0:31 24 September 1994 London, England Lost WBC Heavyweight title.
Win 25–0 United States Phil Jackson TKO 8 (12), 1:35 6 May 1994 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Retained WBC Heavyweight title.
Win 24–0 United Kingdom Frank Bruno TKO 7 (12), 1:12 1 October 1993 Cardiff, Wales Retained WBC Heavyweight title.
Win 23–0 United States Tony Tucker Unan. decision 12 8 May 1993 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBC Heavyweight title.
Lewis was declared the WBC Heavyweight Champion on 14 January 1993, after then-champion Rid**** Bowe refused to defend against him.
Win 22–0 Canada Donovan Ruddock TKO 2 (12), 0:46 31 October 1992 London, England Retained Commonwealth
Heavyweight title.
Win 21–0 United States Mike Dixon TKO 4 (10), 1:03 11 August 1992 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win 20–0 United Kingdom Derek Williams TKO 3 (12) 30 April 1992 London, England Retained EBU European
Heavyweight and BBBofC British
Heavyweight titles, won
Commonwealth Heavyweight title
and won outright Lonsdale Belt.
Win 19–0 United States Levi Billups Unan. decision 10 1 February 1992 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win 18–0 United States Tyrell Biggs TKO 3 (10), 2:47 23 November 1991 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Win 17–0 United Kingdom Glenn McCrory TKO 2 (12) 30 September 1991 London, England Retained EBU European
Heavyweight and BBBofC British
Heavyweight titles.
Win 16–0 United States Mike Weaver TKO 6 (10) 12 July 1991 Stateline, Nevada, U.S.
Win 15–0 United Kingdom Gary Mason TKO 7 (12), 0:44 6 March 1991 London, England Retained EBU European

[Davros?]

Lewis was not dominant at all in the 90's he never faced the top guys at the time eg Bowe, Holyfield, Tyson, Foreman, Moorer etc (not that it was always his fault mind you) he wasn’t really rated that highly either and he was beaten by McCall. Lewis was dominant in the early 00's but Holyfield was a bit past it by that point (I remember everyone was saying Holyfield was washed up before the Tyson fight) and Tyson was past it to he was also knocked out by Rahman.
Lewis was a great fighter but I don’t know there is always something about his career that is a bit of a let down to me, maybe because he never really faced a prime great fighter.

[BattlingNelson]

Is there anyone?

A lot of champs did since only a few got KTFO by clubfighters when they where supposedly on top.

[WladIsTheChamp]

Lennox defeated everyone he ever fought, and pizza-faced the next guy in line.

No other champ In HW history can say that.

He also had his mom meet Vitaly so she could tell him whether he should give Big Vit a rematch he promised in front of millions, she told him no and he retired, no other HW in history has done that. True story...